Riso amaro

1949

Italy

1h 48min

12

Directed by: Giuseppe De Santis

Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano

Language: Italian

Two small-time criminals, Francesca and Walter, hide out amongst the hundreds of women working in harsh conditions in Northern Italy, where they meet a beautiful rice worker Silavana and a soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. When the four team up, they become embroiled in a story of robbery, love and murder.